Hey you guys. I am finally using my AAdvantage miles and I am going to DUB and GLA. This will be my first time travelling with EI and BA. How are there service/fleet/IFE, etc? This will be my first time also on a 777. I am so excited! Any tips you can give me? Greatly appreciated.

I haven't flown Aer Lingus t/a for many years; they're a good, solid reliable airline, not much in the way of frills (no PTV), but I think you'll find them good. Short haul, they are no frills; drinks and food for sale, but a good selection and cabin crew are nice and DUB is a nice airport to spend an hour or two at.

BA is a good carrier, although I've never flown their shuttle service; you'll get a drink, probably a snack as well, all free.

I have found Aer Lingus on long-hauls to be a bit shabby. The food is not that good, IFE is non-existent, FAs can be pretty rude, and there are usually tons of tourists with children. Luckily, you are on a red-eye, so you should be able to sleep.

I highly suggest that you try to get a seat in rows 12-30, as that is usually where people without children are seated and that section is rather quiet compared to the rear.

Even better would be rows 9-11, where there are only 24 seats in that section.

To view the seat map, go to http://www.flyaerlingus.com/ and click on "About Us" and then go to fleet. I would post a direct link, but it is very long.

If you are lucky and get EI-DAA-A330-202-Saint Keeva it has PTVs, however none of the other A330's do which is crap. Just get a good sleep otherwise, you are using EI in the right direction - you can sleep and forget about your surroundings and the wagon-natured flight attendants!

EI to GLA will be short and sweet but its loco style service so dont expect much in the way of free refereshments. BA domestic is good and my AA experiences transatlantic are quite good!